Thank you very much for the info.
Sincerely,
Benoit
----- Original Message -----
From: linda hanigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: Install problems!
> Hi,
> Make sure the directory /mnt/floppy exists
> then unless you have set it up differently
> you have to be root to mount it. Here is
> the command I use to mount windows floppies
> mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
>
> I actually have it in a x file called WinFloppy
> that reads as follows
>
> mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
> echo "floppy is mounted to write as a win floppy system"
> echo " as /mnt/floppy"
>
> Also you might want to create a file on /mnt/floppy
> when a floppy is not mounted called "No Floppy is mounted" or some such
> thing so you will know if
> you have an empty floppy mounted or forgot
> to mount it! Be sure to unmount it before you
> take it out. I don't know if it causes as much trouble
> on Linux but my old unix system went loco if you forgot
> and it was a pain to fix.
> Linda Hanigan
> ~
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Benoit Cordoba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 3:39 PM
> Subject: Install problems!
>
>
> Hi everyone.
>
> I am brand new to RH and Linux. I just did an install of RH 6.1 on a new
> Dell. I have problems with the sound card. I went to the mail server
> archives and got some answers. The Montego cards needs the new drivers
from
> aureal. So I downloaded them using win98. I copied the file (a tar.zip
> file) on a floppy and tried to have it read by Linux. No go. I get an
> error. I finally found how to format a floppy in Linux thinking it would
be
> read by Win 98 but no go.
>
> So how do I exchange files between Win and Linux on floppies??!!
>
> I don't have a network access and I am still trying to configure my ppp
> connection (modem busy! Any help there would be greatly appreciated).
>
> Also I changed the perms to the /dev/mixer (as root) but when I log
back-in
> as root or another user the perms are gone! Hugh?! Can anyone explain
> that to me.
>
> Thanks for any and all help.
>
> Benoit Cordoba
>
>
>
>
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